Un monde sans pauvreté
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Un Monde sans Pauvreté is the Québécois branch of the Canadian Section of Make Poverty History
, a national coalition of organizations comprising an international campaign coalition called the Global Call to Action Against Poverty
. Working together, these organizations aim to abolish extreme poverty
worldwide.
"Abolissons La Pauvreté" is the name of the French-Canadian (Québécois) version of the website called in English Make Poverty History
. "Abolissons La Pauvreté: Agissons!" (Abolish Poverty: A Call to Action) is one of the French campaign slogans.
The official statement of the Canadian Section of Make Poverty History
provides these related details:
"The Make Poverty History
campaign is supported by a wide cross-section of charities, trade unions, faith groups, students, academics, literary, artistic and sports leaders. It is part of an 80 country international campaign called the Global Call to Action Against Poverty
. Internationally it is supported by hundreds of organizations and by well known individuals such as Desmond Tutu, Brad Pitt, Bono and Bob Geldof. In Canada, prominent Canadians including Stephen Lewis, Sarah McLachlan, Steve Nash, Mary Walsh and John Polanyi have all endorsed the campaign."
The official aims of the Canadian campaign are summed up in "fourteen words" as follows:
"More and Better Aid. Trade Justice. Cancel the Debt. End Child Poverty in Canada."
The Canadian campaign's organizers argue that "It's time for world leaders, including our Prime Minister, to live up to their commitments to end poverty
and hunger
, enable every child to attend school, create decent jobs and reverse the spread of HIV
/AIDS
."
As a Red Ribbon
symbolizes support in the efforts to combat AIDS
, the "symbol" of this international anti-poverty campaign is "a simple White Band." The Canadian campaign website and its public service messages appeal to supporters to buy the White Band as a means of fund-raising toward achieving the campaign aims: "By wearing it you'll be part of Make Poverty History, a unique worldwide effort to end extreme poverty - for good."
Among the many celebrities around the world wearing a White Band is Angelina Jolie
, a Goodwill Ambassador
for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001.
The television film The Girl in the Café
(BBC
[UK] and HBO [USA], 2005) dramatizes the human rights
, economic, and political issues that these coalitions of anti-poverty organizations are trying to address in relation to a fictionalized meeting of the G8
set on location in Reykjavík
, Iceland
.
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...
, a national coalition of organizations comprising an international campaign coalition called the Global Call to Action Against Poverty
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is a growing worldwide alliance consisting of national coalitions of campaigns to end poverty....
. Working together, these organizations aim to abolish extreme poverty
Extreme poverty
Extreme poverty, as defined in 1996 by Joseph Wresinski, the founder of ATD Fourth World, is:"The lack of basic security connotes the absence of one or more factors enabling individuals and families to assume basic responsibilities and to enjoy fundamental rights. The situation may become...
worldwide.
"Abolissons La Pauvreté" is the name of the French-Canadian (Québécois) version of the website called in English Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...
. "Abolissons La Pauvreté: Agissons!" (Abolish Poverty: A Call to Action) is one of the French campaign slogans.
The official statement of the Canadian Section of Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...
provides these related details:
"The Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...
campaign is supported by a wide cross-section of charities, trade unions, faith groups, students, academics, literary, artistic and sports leaders. It is part of an 80 country international campaign called the Global Call to Action Against Poverty
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is a growing worldwide alliance consisting of national coalitions of campaigns to end poverty....
. Internationally it is supported by hundreds of organizations and by well known individuals such as Desmond Tutu, Brad Pitt, Bono and Bob Geldof. In Canada, prominent Canadians including Stephen Lewis, Sarah McLachlan, Steve Nash, Mary Walsh and John Polanyi have all endorsed the campaign."
The official aims of the Canadian campaign are summed up in "fourteen words" as follows:
"More and Better Aid. Trade Justice. Cancel the Debt. End Child Poverty in Canada."
The Canadian campaign's organizers argue that "It's time for world leaders, including our Prime Minister, to live up to their commitments to end poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
and hunger
Hunger
Hunger is the most commonly used term to describe the social condition of people who frequently experience the physical sensation of desiring food.-Malnutrition, famine, starvation:...
, enable every child to attend school, create decent jobs and reverse the spread of HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
."
As a Red Ribbon
Red ribbon
The red ribbon, as an awareness ribbon colored red, has several different meanings in different contexts. Foremost, it is the symbol of solidarity of people living with HIV/AIDS.-Awareness symbol:...
symbolizes support in the efforts to combat AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, the "symbol" of this international anti-poverty campaign is "a simple White Band." The Canadian campaign website and its public service messages appeal to supporters to buy the White Band as a means of fund-raising toward achieving the campaign aims: "By wearing it you'll be part of Make Poverty History, a unique worldwide effort to end extreme poverty - for good."
Among the many celebrities around the world wearing a White Band is Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
, a Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill Ambassador
Goodwill Ambassador is a collective term sometimes used as a substitute honorific title or a title of honor for an Ambassador of Goodwill; but, most appropriately for a generic recognition, it is a job position or description that is usually indicated following the name of the individual recognized...
for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001.
The television film The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a British made-for-television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25...
(BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
[UK] and HBO [USA], 2005) dramatizes the human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
, economic, and political issues that these coalitions of anti-poverty organizations are trying to address in relation to a fictionalized meeting of the G8
G8
The Group of Eight is a forum, created by France in 1975, for the governments of seven major economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1997, the group added Russia, thus becoming the G8...
set on location in Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
.
External links
- 2005 World Summit: Green Room (United Nations Official Site): Cf. "Various" (Sept. 15: "Projection of giant 'white band' on front of UN General Assembly Building")
- Make Poverty History (Canada): Abolissons La Pauvreté Official Site (French)
- Make Poverty History (Canada) Official Site (English)
- One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History Official site (International)
- Un Monde sans Pauvreté (Québéc) Official Site (French)
- Whiteband.org: Global Call to Action Against Poverty/Action mondiale contre la pauvreté Official Site (Spanish and Arabic language options in addition to English and French; drop-down "Select your country" menu)